Countries
West Java
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
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Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3326
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
67
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Halo
Thank You
Nuhun
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Selamat Pagi
Please
Mangga
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Hapunten
maaf
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
Punten
Permisi
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Banten
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Balinese
Where They Speak
Bogor
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Bandung
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
646
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million140.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
soundanais
indonésien
German Name
Sundanesisch
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Indonesians
Origin
5th century AD
7th Century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Indonesian
Language Position
4256
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
ind
ISO 639 2/B
sun
ind
ISO 639 3
sun
ind
ISO 639 6
sun
ind
Glottocode
sund1251
indo1316
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative